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Is autism over-diagnosed?

  • health

  • 2 February 2012
  • The American Psychiatric Association is redefining autism, amid s…

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Siri baffled by Scottish accent

  • Apple

  • 1 February 2012
  • Apple's new 'voice recognition' technology fails to recognise voi…

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Snoring dormouse is adorable

  • animals

  • 27 January 2012
  • Adorable animal lesson of the day: Dormice are one of the few Bri…

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Snoring dormouse is adorable
 

Outrage over Google privacy policy

  • internets

  • 26 January 2012
  • Concern mounts over Google's "new" privacy policy, but is it simp…

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Invisibility cloak possible?

  • discoveries

  • 26 January 2012
  • Scientists have developed a technique which can make objects invi…

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Be there - not on your phone

By Thomas 26 January 2012

Why is constantly checking one's mobile device a tolerated rudeness?

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It's time to leave Google

By Philip Womack 30 November 2011

Google infantilises us. It's time to forget all about it.

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Time to put nuclear power on hold

By Walsamule 1 November 2011

In the wake of the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan, perhaps it's time to put nuclear po…

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The evils of science reporting

By Anthony Lewis 27 October 2011

Most science reporting is alarmist, irresponsible twaddle. We need a readers' revolution.

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